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The Kardinals won the Queens Court Hotel in Bangor
Best Band of the year competition in 1964 and played local venues
such as the King's Hall for ice-s kating (frozen fingers), Ulster
Hall with Herman's Hermits, King George V Youth Centre, Top Hat,
Lisburn and many rural venues. Subsequently they moved to Manchester
and then to Europe to play the American Army base camps (half of NI
was out there). Eventually played American Army base camps in France
where the band disbanded. Desi Donnelly is the father of the well
known singer/songwriter guitarist Dan Donnelly who fronts his band
Sonovagun.
by Ian Henry |
